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Feb 27, 2013 07:07PM
So, I have recently been told by a number of people (mainly authors) that there is a growing backlash against supernatural creatures in fiction. However, I am not sure if this is a true trend, or instead just a frustration voiced by other horror and dark fantasy authors. I can understand that with the popularity of books and movies like Twilight, World War Z, Warm Bodies, etc... and their relentless media coverage these supernatural beings can be too over-the-top. As someone who just published a Zombie book, I am curious to see if others have experienced the same type of backlash. What are your thoughts?
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Hi--I write about werewolves, and mine are mean critters. I think for my area, everyone is used to the pack loving 4 legged wolf looking werewolves. It's hard for my vicious 2 legged raw beasts to get past Jacob Black type werewolves.
Like Mercedes, I'm working from a more classic point of view about werewolves (they aren't fluffy). At the same time, I'm trying to ground my fiction in a protagonist with very human desires. I don't know. I think werewolves and vampires and zombies may be saturating the market right now, but it's probably because they have something important to say at the moment, something about our culture, where we are. Not sure what that is, but I do know that the outsider is in right now for a reason. It could be that people feel alienated from other people by the pressing-in of technology and mass culture, and monsters remind us of the passions we tend to lose. They remind us, in a way, of what it means to be human.
Scott wrote: "So, I have recently been told by a number of people (mainly authors) that there is a growing backlash against supernatural creatures in fiction. However, I am not sure if this is a true trend, or i..."
Scott wrote: "So, I have recently been told by a number of people (mainly authors) that there is a growing backlash against supernatural creatures in fiction. However, I am not sure if this is a true trend, or i..."
